Forthcoming Special Issues
Machine Learning in Structural Engineering
Machine learning approaches and technologies have been extensively developed and widely applied in numerous areas for solving complex real-world problems in the last two decades.
In line with this, machine learning assisted structural engineering is emerging as a highly-researched area and shows promising future.
The main theme of this special issue is dedicated to the developments and implementations of machine learning methods towards tackling challenging problems in the wide realm of Structural Engineering (SE). Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) machine learning assisted/related:
- Structural static, dynamic and stability analysis;
- Data-driven structural health monitoring;
- Reliability-based structural optimization;
- Risk assessment and robust structural design;
- Remaining life prediction of damaged structures;
- Structural analysis, design and control under uncertainties;
- Structural experimental investigations;
- Structural life-cycle cost optimization;
- Surrogate models for structures;
- Structural resilience in natural (e.g., earthquake and wind) and man-made disasters;
- Theoretical developments for machine learning aided structural mechanics;
- Application of advanced machine learning technologies in structural analysis and design;
- Uncertainty quantification in infrastructural systems.
The Guest Editors invite submissions that concern theoretical, computational, and experimental studies on machine learning assisted structural engineering crossing structural analysis, safety assessment and design of structures as well as health monitoring and cost-effective management of aging structures.
These studies may include developments of novel machine learning methods and their applications in the wide realm of Structural Engineering.
Guest editors:
Dr. Wei Gao, University of New South Wales
Email: [email protected];
Dr. Hui Li, Harbin Institute of Technology
Email: [email protected];
Dr. Stephanie G. Paal, Texas A&M University
Email: [email protected]
Manuscript submission information:
The deadline for submission: 15-September 2022;
The deadline for acceptance: 15-January 2023
The prospective authors are encouraged to submit their manuscripts online to the journal Engineering Structures through link: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/engineering-structures
When submitting your manuscript please choose the special issue “Machine learning in SE” from the choice of submission types. The manuscripts will go through the regular peer review process before being accepted. Please visit the journal website for additional notes for the authors.
Engineering Structures is publishing special issues in the new format where special issue articles are published in regular issues as soon as they are available, and simultaneously being grouped online under a specific special issue link, which is easily accessible and navigable on ScienceDirect.
Please note that papers solicited through this call will undergo standard journal peer review process and will be indexed for citations like other regular journal papers. All interested authors can submit papers to the special issue through the online journal submission system at www.editorialmanager.com/engstruct.
Learn more about the benefits of publishing in a special issue: https://www.elsevier.com/authors/submit-your-paper/special-issues
Interested in becoming a guest editor? Discover the benefits of guest editing a special issue and the valuable contribution that you can make to your field: https://www.elsevier.com/editors/role-of-an-editor/guest-editors
Wind Turbine Structures
Driven by the carbon neutrality goal, wind energy, as one of the clean and renewable energy resources, has been gaining popularity worldwide. In the past several decades, many onshore and offshore wind farms have been constructed or are being planned over the world. The global accumulative wind power capacity reached approximately 837 GW in 2021, with 780 GW and 57 GW for onshore and offshore wind power, respectively. Modern multi-megawatt wind turbines are generally designed and fabricated with extremely long blades and slender towers to effectively extract wind energy and considerably lower the levelized cost of energy. Meanwhile, wind turbines are increasingly constructed in coastal areas. These high-rise and flexible structures represent complex dynamic systems involving coupled aero-hydro-servo-soil-structural dynamics. Growing research interests have been devoted to the analysis and assessment of wind turbine structures towards an in-depth understanding of their coupled dynamics under coupled environmental loads.
We are calling for paper submission to this special issue of Wind Turbine Structures to be published in Engineering Structures, the top international journal on Structural Engineering. This special issue aims to generate a platform for the dissemination of the state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice in this active research field and bridge the knowledge gaps across disciplines. The special issue will cover the latest research advances, by welcoming contributions from researchers, manufacturers, and practitioners on the topics including (but not limited to)
- Characterization of complex environmental loadings on onshore and offshore wind turbines;
- Laboratory experiment and field testing of wind turbine structures;
- Coupled aero-hydro-servo-elastic/plastic dynamics of wind turbines;
- Aerodynamic wake interactions among multiple wind turbines;
- Dynamic behavior of offshore wind turbines considering liquefiable seabed and scouring effects;
- Structural performance of wind turbines against multiple hazards (tropical cyclones, thunderstorms, tsunamis, earthquakes, ice, collision, etc.);
- Structural degradation of wind turbines due to erosion, corrosion, fatigue, etc.;
- Novel designs of fixed or floating offshore wind turbine structures;
- Structural vibration control techniques for wind turbine structures subjected to multiple loadings;
- Structural health monitoring, digital twin, and artificial intelligence techniques for wind turbines;
- Life-cycle performance assessment for wind turbines under in-service/extreme conditions;
Original research papers or review articles are welcome. Submission to this SI is open to ALL plus by invitation. All submissions will go through the same rigorous peer review process as the normal issue.
Guest editors:
Prof. Songye ZHU
Affiliation: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
Email: [email protected]
Prof. Eleni Chatzi
Affiliation: ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Email: [email protected]
A/Prof. Kaiming BI
Affiliation: Curtin University, Australia
Email: [email protected]
Manuscript submission information:
You are invited to submit your work through the Editorial Manager System: https://www.editorialmanager.com/engstruct/default1.aspx
When submitting your manuscript please choose the special issue “VSI: Wind Turbine Structures” from the choice of submission types. The manuscript should comply with the limit of no more than 30 pages for a research paper and 40 pages for a review paper (Standard page, double line spacing, font size 12) including all sections except references. Please visit the journal website for additional notes for the authors.
The submission is open by September 1, 2022.
The deadline for submission of manuscripts is May 1, 2023.
Engineering Structures is publishing special issues in the new format where special issue articles are published in regular issues as soon as they are available, and simultaneously being grouped online under a specific special issue link, which is easily accessible and navigable on ScienceDirect. Please note that papers solicited through this call will undergo standard journal peer review process and will be indexed for citations like other regular journal papers. All interested authors can submit papers to the special issue through the online journal submission system at EM system:
https://www.editorialmanager.com/engstruct
Interested in becoming a guest editor? Please inquire the Special Issues Editor of Engineering Structures (Prof. Peng Feng, Email: [email protected] ) and discover the benefits of guest editing a special issue and the valuable contribution that you can make to your field:
https://www.elsevier.com/editors/role-of-an-editor/guest-editors
Learn more about the benefits of publishing in a special issue: https://www.elsevier.com/authors/submit-your-paper/special-issues
Interested in becoming a guest editor? Discover the benefits of guest editing a special issue and the valuable contribution that you can make to your field: https://www.elsevier.com/editors/role-of-an-editor/guest-editors
Novel Metamaterial Structures
Metamaterials are a type of new and artificial materials, exhibiting many excellent and even exotic behaviors that have never been observed or realized in natural materials. Their unique advantages over traditional materials make metamaterials a highly promising candidate for developing novel structures in various engineering fields such as civil, aerospace, mechanical, marine engineering, etc.
The main theme of this special issue is dedicated to the recent advances in the design, modelling and experimental study of metamaterial structures, the mechanisms behind their exotic behaviors, and their applications in a broad spectrum of engineering structures (ES). The topics of particular interest of this special issue include (but not limited to):
• Novel metamaterial engineering structures
• Seismic metamaterial structures
• Mechanical metamaterial structures (negative Poisson’s ratio, negative stiffness, etc.)
• Acoustic metamaterials
• Thermal metamaterials
• Metamaterial structures for vibration suppression/attenuation
• Metamaterial structures for impact mitigation
• Metamaterial structures for energy harvesting
• Metamaterial structures with enhanced sensing
• Metamaterial structures for wave manipulation
• Metasurfaces and metabarriers and their applications in engineering structures
Guest editors:
Dr. Weiqiu Chen
Affiliation: Zhejiang University
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Xin Ren
Affiliation: Nanjing Tech University
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Erasmo Carrera
Affiliation: Politecnico di Torino
Email: [email protected]
Manuscript submission information:
The prospective authors are encouraged to submit their manuscripts online to the journal Engineering Structures through link: https://www.editorialmanager.com/engstruct/default1.aspx
When submitting your manuscript please choose the special issue “VSI: Metamaterials” from the choice of submission types.
The deadline for submission is 30 September 2022.
The manuscripts will go through the regular peer review process before being accepted. Please visit the journal website for additional notes for the authors:https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/engineering-structures
Engineering Structures is publishing special issues in the new format where special issue articles are published in regular issues as soon as they are available, and simultaneously being grouped online under a specific special issue link, which is easily accessible and navigable on ScienceDirect.
Learn more about the benefits of publishing in a special issue: https://www.elsevier.com/authors/submit-your-paper/special-issues
Interested in becoming a guest editor? Discover the benefits of guest editing a special issue and the valuable contribution that you can make to your field: https://www.elsevier.com/editors/role-of-an-editor/guest-editors
Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) structures
First introduced as “reactive powder concrete” in the early 1990s, ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) is rapidly emerging as a premier construction material. Constituents of UHPC are carefully proportioned to create a dense particle packing. The water to binder ratio in UHPC is often 0.2 or even less. This ultra-low water to binder ratio, combined with optimized material constitution, creates a refined microstructure with high strength and durability. With a high fibre content, post-cracking tensile strength and material ductility are greatly improved. A typical UHPC can be designed to achieve a compressible strength higher than 150 MPa and a post-peak tensile strength more than 5 MPa.
To date, UHPC has been extensively used in bridge engineering in Canada, France, U.S., China, Japan and Malaysia, creative solutions based on UHPC can be found in accelerated bridge construction, rehabilitation of deteriorated bridge elements, and strengthening of existing bridges against man-made and natural hazards. Besides bridge engineering, UHPC also finds its usage in hardened structures, roof panels and façade systems. Ongoing efforts from research institutions and government agencies are further advancing this new material in new sectors like transportation and building construction.
In this special issue, we are soliciting articles that show how this material has been applied in modern engineering structures. Interested authors can submit their original research papers with a focus on relevant topics, including:
UHPC in structural strengthening and rehabilitation
Application of UHPC in bridge engineering
Durability of UHPC structures in harsh environment
Prefabricated structures with UHPC
UHPC structures under extreme loading environments like earthquake, explosion, or fire
Engineering Structures is publishing special issues in the new format where special issue articles are published in regular issues as soon as they are available, and simultaneously being grouped online under a specific special issue link, which is easily accessible and navigable on ScienceDirect. Please note that papers solicited through this call will undergo standard journal peer review process and will be indexed for citations like other regular journal papers. All interested authors can submit papers to the special issue through the online journal submission system at www.editorialmanager.com/engstruct.
Guest editors:
Dr. Jun Li
Organization: Univerisity of Technology Sydney
Email: [email protected];
Dr. Emmanuel Denarié
Organization: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
Email: [email protected];
Dr. Tianyu Xie
Organization: Southeast University, China
Email: [email protected];
Dr. Doo-Yeol Yoo
Organization: Hanyang University, South Korea
Email: [email protected]
Manuscript submission information:
Submission deadline: 15-September-2022
When submitting your manuscript please select the article type “VSI: UHPC structures”. Please submit your manuscript before the submission deadline.
All submissions deemed suitable to be sent for peer review will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. Once your manuscript is accepted, it will go into production, and will be simultaneously published in the current regular issue and pulled into the online Special Issue. Articles from this Special Issue will appear in different regular issues of the journal, though they will be clearly marked and branded as Special Issue articles.
Please ensure you read the Guide for Authors before writing your manuscript. The Guide for Authors and the link to submit your manuscript is available on the Journal’s homepage: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/engineering-structures
Learn more about the benefits of publishing in a special issue: https://www.elsevier.com/authors/submit-your-paper/special-issues
Interested in becoming a guest editor? Discover the benefits of guest editing a special issue and the valuable contribution that you can make to your field: https://www.elsevier.com/editors/role-of-an-editor/guest-editors
Structural Application of High Performance Fibre Reinforced Cementitious Composites
Structural Application of High Performance Fibre Reinforced Cementitious Composites-Engineering Structures Special issue-Call for paper submission.
Research and development of high performance fibre reinforced cementitious Composites (HPFRCC) including engineered cementitious composites (ECC) has attracted worldwide attention in recent decades. HPFRCC could avoid the catastrophic failure of structures via reinforcement using randomly distributed short fibers. ECC is a special type of HPFRCC with outstanding strength and strain capability, which can be tailored to suit the structure design requirements for engineering application. Comparing to the large amount of reported research on material development, the research on performance of structural components or systems made of HPFRCC/ECC is relatively rare.
In recent years, increasing use of HPFRCC has been seen in practical structural/infrastructural engineering in some countries including China, Japan and U.S. The material also holds the potential to advance the construction technology to build self-reinforced structures via 3D printing technology due to its combination of high tensile strength and ductility. To further promote the wide application of these high-performance construction materials towards durable, sustainable and resilient infrastructures and advanced construction technology, more research efforts are needed for structural behavior of structural components or system made of the HPFRCC/ECC tailored for applications.
We are calling for paper submission to this special issue of Structural Application of High-Performance Fibre Reinforced Cementitious Composites to be published in Engineering Structures, the top international journal on Structural Engineering. Original research papers and review articles with a focus on structural behavior of components or system using HPFRCC/ECC tailored for engineering applications, including but not limited to the following topics are encouraged to be submitted. Papers focusing on material development only are not within the scope of this special issue:
- HPFRCC/ECC structural members/systems
- HPFRCC/ECC in structural strengthening and rehabilitation, including concrete and masonry structure
- HPFRCC/ECC structures under extreme loadings such as earthquake, impact/blast, fire and cyclic loading
- Durability of HPFRCC/ECC structures in harsh environment
- 3D printing of HPFRCC/ECC members
Guest editors:
Prof. Y.X. Zhang, Western Sydney University, Australia
Email: [email protected];
Prof. Christopher. K.Y. Leung, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
Email: [email protected];
Prof. Mohamed Lachemi, Ryerson University, Canada
Email: [email protected];
A/Prof. En-Hua Yang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Email: [email protected];
Prof. Joaquim Barros, University of Minho, Portugal
Email: [email protected];
Dr. Kequan Yu, Tongji University, China
Email: [email protected]
Manuscript submission information:
The submission is open by 1-July-2022, please submit your manuscripts through the Editorial Manager System: https://www.editorialmanager.com/engstruct/default1.aspx
When submitting your manuscript please choose the special issue “VSI: HPFRCC Structures” from the choice of submission types.
The manuscript should comply with the limit of no more than 30 pages for research paper and 40 pages for review paper (Standard page, double line spacing, font size 12) including all sections except references.
Please visit the journal website for additional notes for the authors: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/engineering-structures
The deadline for submission of manuscripts is 15-February- 2023.
The deadline for acceptance of manuscripts is 30-June-2023.
Engineering Structures is publishing special issues in the new format where special issue articles are published in regular issues as soon as they are available, and simultaneously being grouped online under a specific special issue link, which is easily accessible and navigable on ScienceDirect. Please note that papers solicited through this call will undergo standard journal peer review process and will be indexed for citations like other regular journal papers.
Learn more about the benefits of publishing in a special issue: https://www.elsevier.com/authors/submit-your-paper/special-issues
Interested in becoming a guest editor? Discover the benefits of guest editing a special issue and the valuable contribution that you can make to your field: https://www.elsevier.com/editors/role-of-an-editor/guest-editors